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Sites of Memory, Sites of Contestation: the Tbilisi Museum of Soviet Occupation and Visions of the Past in Georgia

  • The Museum of Soviet Occupation in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, which opened in 2006, is a site of mnemonic contestation where the Soviet past is being displayed in a manner meant to reflect current disputes over politics and memory. This article discusses some of the discourses behind the museum’s current permanent exhibition linking it to Georgia’s geopolitical mission to become European, to mend relations with Russia and overcome internal political friction.

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Document Type:Article
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25626/0064
Creator and project details
Author:Nutsa Batiashvili
Editor:Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND
Publishing Institution:Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Title details
Title (English):Sites of Memory, Sites of Contestation: the Tbilisi Museum of Soviet Occupation and Visions of the Past in Georgia
Parent Title (English):Cultures of History Forum
Release Date:2020/08/24
Date of Publication (online):2020/02/20
Date of first Publication:2017/06/01
Language:English
Subject indexing
DDC-Classification:9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie
Collections:Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena)
Tag:Georgia; Soviet Union; Stalin; history; memory; museum; occupation
GND Keyword:Georgien; Sabch’ot’a okupats’iis muzeumi; Stalin, Iosif V.; Sowjetisierung; Besetzung; Verbrechensopfer
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File Size:5924 KB
MIME-Type:application/pdf
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